20 xcv. ASCLEPiADE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Pentatropis. 



8213 D. Oxystelma ? caudatum, Serb. Sam. Asclepias spiralis, Forsh. Fl. 

 Eg. Arab. 49. 



The Panjab, SaND, and Eastwards to the Jumna river. Distrib. Affghanistan 

 and Westwards to the Eed Sea and Nnbia. 



Leaves 1-1 J in., very variable in breadth, obtuse or acute, usually apiculate, coria- 

 ceous, nerves obscure ; petiole ^-j in. Peduncles very short or ; pedicels capillary, 

 top obconic. Cah/x minute. Corolla green, J in. diam. ; segments narrowed from a 

 triangular base. Follicles 2^-3 in., fusiform, narrowed to the base and to the long 

 straight rather slender point. Seeds J in. long, ovate, flat, broader end crenate. 



2. P, micropliylla, Wight ^ Am. Contj-ib. 52 ; glabrous, leaves oblong 

 ovate or rounded, base rounded or cordate, corolla-segments triangular-lanceolate 

 obtuse. Wight In. t. 352 ; WiM. Cat. 8213, excl. D. ; Dcdz. Sr Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 149 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 120 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 536. Asclepias 

 microphyUa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 35 ; Roth Nov. sp. 177 ? Oynanchum acu- 

 minatum, Thunb. Obs. in Cynanch. 5 ; Dene. I.e. 548. Eutropis, gen. nov. 

 Falconer in Proc. lAnn. Soc. i. 15. 



Bbngax, in the Sunderbunds ; Pegt7 ; Deccan Peninsula, from Bombay south- 

 wards. Ceylon, not uncommon. 



Habit and general characters of P. spiralis, but the flowers are much smaller, 

 and the corolla-lobes have not the long tails. 



23. DSilMCIA, Br. 



Twining pubescent or tomentose undershrubs. Leaves opposite, cordate. 

 Cymes axillary, racemiform or corymbiform, pedicels filiform. Sepals glandular 

 v^ithin. Corolla greenish-white, tube short infundibular ; lobes large, broadly 

 ovate, spreading, overlapping to the right. Corona of an outer annular 5-10- 

 crenate or -lobed membrane, and 5 laterally compressed scales vertically adnate 

 to the anthers and spurred behind, with free long subulate tips. Column large, 

 anther-tips infleied ; poUen-masses one in each cell, subcompressed, pendulous, 

 waxy. Follicles echinate. iSfeetfe comose.— ^Distrtb. Species 6; Asiatic and 

 African. 



D. extensa, Br. in Mem. Wern. Soe.i. 50; subhispidly hairy or glabrate, 

 leaves membranous broadly ovate acuminate deeply cordate pubescent beneath, 

 lobes rounded incurved, peduncles long racemose, corolla ciliate, follicles 

 clothed with long soft spines. Wight ContrA. 59, and Ic. t. 596 ; Wall. Cat. 

 8231, excl. F.; Dalz. f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 150; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 122; 

 Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 544. Cynanchum extensiim, Ait. ; Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 

 54. C. cordifolium, Betz. Obs. ii. 15. 0. echinatum, Thunb. Obs. in Cynanch. 

 8 ; Dene. I.e. 549. Asclepias ecbinata, Boxb. Sort. Beng. 20, and Fl. Ind. ii. 

 44. Eaphistemma ciliatum, Sook. f. in Bot. Mag, t. 6704. 



Throughout India ; from the Salt range and the N.W. Himalaya (ascending to 

 3000 ft.) to LowBE Bengal and Ceylon (not seen from the Malay Peninsula, Birma, 

 or Pegu). — Distrib. Affghanistan. 



A fcetid climber, hairs on stem spreading. Leaves 2-4 in. long and broad ; petiole 

 2-4 in. Peduncles 2-6 in. ; pedicels capillary, i-2 in. Sepals small, ovate, pubes- 

 cent. Corolla I in. diam., pale yellowish green and red. Column large, tips of inner 

 coronal processes often twisted together. Follicles l|-2 in., lanceolate, beaked. Seeds 

 ^ in. long, broadly ovate, pubescent, margin quite entire. 



24. ADi:X.OSTi:»II«A, Sook f. Gen. Nov. 



A slender glabrous twiner. Leaves opposite, long-petioled, cordate. Flowers 

 small, in axillary peduncled corymbiform cymes. Sepals lanceolate. Corolla 



